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The 2025 Sydney Opera House Play Award winner is announced! Congratulations Berrima Public School (NSW)! Thank you, everyone involved in this year's round! Details here: sydneyoperahouse.createsend1.com/t/r-e-thkluu...

I am delighted to be a keynote speaker at the Lead the Way Conference 2025 on 11–12 August at Rydges Hotel, Melbourne. Join me for this amazing event! Learn more and register here: www.mackillopinstitute.org.au/Lead-the-Way...

I wonder why do Australian children have so much compulsory instruction in schools? Why don’t teachers teach the same children longer than one year? Why do we allow so much socio-educational disadvantage to concentrate in public schools? Here's what to do instead. pasisahlberg.com/wp-content/u...

In times like these we need to invest more in students' sense of belonging, healthy relationships and curiosity in schools as I argued in a keynote at the Western Sydney University's Anne Cutler Research Conference on Friday. Thanks for those who attended. pasisahlberg.com/wp-content/u...

Please join our new dean Marek Tesar, on Wed 5th of March at 5.30pm in celebration of International Women's Day for a special Dean's Lecture presented by Jutta Urpilainen, Former EU Commissioner and Champion of Global Education. Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/breaking-b...

Come and register! ICSEI 2025 is kicking off!

With kind support by Dr Peter Johnson (thanks, mate), my new book titled "500 sanaa koulusta" (or 500 Words About School) is now published. If you want to take a Finnish lesson (i.e., read Finnish), this new e-book is available here: pasisahlberg.com/books-pasisa....

Looking for professional readings for this holiday season? I recommend these two new books from my friend and mentor Howard Gardner on Education and Mind (by Teachers College Press). Already classics!

Here is open access supplement of our "Future Healthy Countdown 2030: participating for health and wellbeing of Australia’s children and young people" published in the Medical Journal of Australia. www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...

It's not too late for an early bird registration to attend @icsei.bsky.social 2025 in Melbourne on 10 to 14 February. Hear Gert Biesta, Linda Darling-Hammond, Andy Hargreaves and many others redefining education and network with hundreds of others from around the world. 2025.icsei.net

R.I.P., Bill!

Thank you, Louise, for a beautiful and powerful "State of the (Writing) Nation" talk tonight at the Wheeler Centre. Here is my weekend reading! @milliganreports.bsky.social

Thank you all our Faculty of Education (University of Melbourne) alumni who joined me tonight in conversation about how to make our schools (even) better using simple, often no-cost ideas. My slide deck is here for you. pasisahlberg.com/wp-content/u...